Thursday, May 27, 2010

PI Update: Not Much

The heat and humidity that make Florida summers famous have arrived in time for Memorial Day weekend. But what better place to sweat it out than beautiful Pleasure Island.CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGEOver next to Mannequins, that previously reported project that removed trees and bushes has evolved into....nothing....yet.

All the door windows that were open to take a peek into Motion have now been blacked-out. If anything is happening inside, it's a secret. Sources say though that nothing has yet happened inside. Over at Laffer's Cantina, bartender John (Mannequins) invites readers to come out and buy a drink and tip him well. He confirms that there haven't been any new rumors about the island in a few months!Here are a couple of sweet new additions to Celebrate Tonight. Finally some eye candy out there! The 5:30pm edition of CT was quite dead tonight. It's just too hot and humid to get anyone to stop before sunset so they play bean-bag toss instead.Over on the West Side, the price of the Characters in Flight tethered-balloon ride has increased from $16 to $18 (adults) and $10 to $12 (children). Children 2 & under are now free but please don't dangle them over the side as that is frowned-upon.

CityWalk offers a somewhat similar experience to Pleasure Island in that once price gets you entry into multiple night clubs with varying music styles. Downtown Orlando offers a similar experience but not for one price.

There are no current rumors about anything being reopened for summer. It would seem to be a no-brainer: reopen a couple clubs and rake-in the money. But alas, no indications of anything like that. Sad.